Constant Sum Tutorial - Fancy

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

SCRIPT INFO

Created: January 18, 2014

Last Modified: January 25, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script runs code to run a Constant Sum Demo

Description

Participants are asked to allocate 100 points to 3 attributes for product X. Participant can click on each of the provided boxes with the mouse and then use the keyboard to type in the numbers. If one box is filled, the ENTER key needs to be pressed to be able to move to the next box. A running total shows how many points are still available to allocate. If all points are allocated, participant can choose "done".

Parameters

The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.

NameDescriptionDefault
productX Sets the label for productX "ProductX"
attribute1 Sets the label for attribute1 "Attribute1"
attribute2 Sets the label for attribute2 "Attribute2"
attribute3 Sets the label for attribute3 "Attribute3"